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<br />In till' Uni[nJ Slal"'~, we are Ill'ginning III r~'alill'
<br />that man should nlll !illera!c inudinildy tll...
<br />incfl'aslng lltljS\.' 111;][ prl'wlllly characI...'rih's
<br />,h... I1l1xl...ro, illllustri:llizcJ nation. :\kchanically-
<br />gl'llcratcJ noise-from th... jl'l pbn.... the power
<br />1110w....r. the dh:s(') !rud.::, thl' motorcycle. the jack-
<br />halllllll'f-is a profllUIlU annoyance 10 mtlS! p....o..
<br />pie. It has rncrcast:d Jr;Jlllalic;Jl!y in volunll.: in the
<br />1..<;1 30 years and Clllllinu...s III risc in urhan :m:a<;
<br />al a ralr.' l,,,tinl,lll'J ;Jt IJlh' ...hxihd per annum.
<br />It has Ix'en clearly dClllon...tratcd that workers
<br />in ccrl:lin occupations sulkr noise-inJuced hear-
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<br />ing loss. The effects (If community noise on hear-
<br />ing :m: nlll yel knnwn. Ilnwl'wr SOlTle 20 po:rcl'nt
<br />nf the Unill'J Slales popubliun. in addition III
<br />lho"... c\poscd 10 c.'lcc"ivc occupational n{li~c.
<br />sutkr m;:a..;urahk ho.:aring impairmenl hy their
<br />lifti;:s. ""herl'as people in IHlI1-industllal so<.:io.:ties
<br />e\pniclJ1.:o.: Ill! SUdl loss.
<br />Ikarin~ Ill""' is nut Ih...' only potential health
<br />pmhlcm ;l"",ocialcd with noisc. Evid<.'llce is gmw-
<br />ill~ th;1I inlense nois...' 1ll:IY alfo.:cl olher psycho]ogic
<br />ilnd phy<;iolllgic funClit'lh of l11an.
<br />We havc t.:n,kJ in th.: p:lSt to accept noi"e
<br />as ;1 ph"'ll\lllll'nOIl l'swnti;dly lx'yond control. As
<br />.1 rl',uh, Wl' have failed 10 take full ad\'ama,!:l' of
<br />the many /loisl' <;upprl'ssion Il'chniqu<.', th;1t arc
<br />;!vailahle,
<br />The tcclllwlngy to curh IIlli"... fmlll construc-
<br />tion equipllll'llt, railroad o.:quipmenl. ears, truck<;,
<br />and hll,e... nis'" tnJay. 'Iudl c:m he donc In re-
<br />ducl' noiw ""llCbt.:d with ain:rafl. Autn tire..; c:m
<br />he made with non-<;qlll'al lread<;, Silt-m'e can hc
<br />de...igneJ im\l machincry f{lT the home. tlOiCl' and
<br />factory ;11 rea<;lIn;lhk CIIS!. And Ihere is nIl
<br />llly"'cry ahnuL constructing sOLlnd-pn'ltlf hllilding~
<br />of all kinds,
<br />In accordancc wilh till' Noise Ahalclllcnl and
<br />('on1rt,1 ,\clof 1970:
<br />. EPA has scl up an office of Nnis,' Ahate-
<br />ll1cnl and Contrnl tn cvaltl:lle I1c;llth h;lI.;lnh to
<br />lhe exlent ]1(1s~ih1c, ...ulllll1:lri/c thc sl;lIc.nf+lhc-
<br />art in noise supprc"ll1n ICl'hIlPIII~y, and rt'Clllll-
<br />menu :l pW~rOlIll (If counter-IllC:lsures tn Cllllgrcss
<br />not lOlter Ih;lI1 Dl'cemlx:r 31, 1971.
<br />. I'uhlic h.:arings haw h.:en held in varillll"
<br />parts uf the C(luntry to dClerrnine tho.: exlcnt of the
<br />pwhlem and identify requirl'd control measures.
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